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<p><b>Benjamin Britten was the greatest English composer of the twentieth century and one of the outstanding musicians of his age.</b></p> <p>Born in Lowestoft, Suffolk, in 1913, Britten was the youngest child of a dentist father and amateur musician mother. After studying at the Royal College of Music, he became a vital part of Londonâe(tm)s creative and intellectual life during the 1930s, collaborating with W. H. Auden and meeting his lifelong partner, the tenor Peter Pears. At the outbreak of
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- Author
- Powell, Neil, 1948- author
- Publisher
- Penguin Random House
- Published
- 2014
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780099537366
- Category
- biography
- Subjects
- Memoir, Biography, Music
- Rating
- 3.53 / 5 (51 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13
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